Alice Wells: “We think it's important that the elections take place in a timely and credible way.”

The agreement cannot be based on trust. It has to be based--conditions based and where we have confidence through verification.

Victory is a sustainable political settlement that results in a stable Afghanistan whose territory is not used to threaten the United States and our partners.

I think the critical point is that we do not want to leave or abandon Afghanistan at all.

the ultimate goal is a political settlement that stabilizes Afghanistan and denies sanctuary to those who threaten us.